Collaboration: Team Building Activities for Teachers

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What is team building? Team building refers to a wide range of activities, presented to businesses, schools, sports teams, religious or nonprofit organizations designed for improving team performance.

It helps a group of people work together more effectively for the common good in pursuit of a common goal.Why is it important?Team building is part of a psychological discipline. It inspires groups of workers to communicate through a series of planned events that are fun & motivational.These events can be used to determine strong points in an individual’s personality, such as leadership skills. This can benefit the individual by giving them greater job satisfaction & the opportunity to progress to their full potential.Team building is also used as a method of training where each member of the team possesses a specific skill that may be taught to the rest of the group. Ten Reasons for Team Building1. Improving communication2. Making the workplace more enjoyable3. Motivating a team4. Getting to know each other5. Getting everyone "onto the same page" including goal setting6. Teaching the team self-regulation strategies7. Helping participants to learn more about themselves (strengths & weaknesses)8. Identifying and utilizing the strengths of team members9. Improving team productivity10. Practicing effective collaboration with team membersHow the activities strengthen a groupGives team members opportunity to become better acquainted and more comfortable with each other.Provides experiences for teamwork.Allows all to work together on a low risk task and a low risk environment.

Selecting activitiesConsider objectives and goals or what you want accomplishedgetting better acquaintedstrengthen trustgroup cooperationcreative thinking/problem solvingenergizing/motivating the groupimproving communicationimprove knowledge and understandingobtain higher levels of performanceMental vs. Physical activitiesMental:require less spacecan be accomplished easier with a large groupmay be "less risky" than a physical activitydo not exclude anyone with physical challenges

Physical:physical outlet for participantscan allow a change in venue (outdoors)greater level of comfort between participantsfosters a greater level of support and interdependencyExample activitiesWallet/PurseEach person takes an item out of their wallet or purse and tells the rest of the group how it represents them and whySentence Completioneach person will complete a sentence such as "if I had 2 more hours in the day I would..." or if I won the lottery I would..."Linkshttp://www.voicecoachinglondon.co.uk/why-is-team-building-important.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4165376?seq=2&Search=yes&searchText=with&searchText=building&searchText=issues&searchText=team&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dissues%2Bwith%2Bteam%2Bbuilding%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff&prevSearch=&resultsServiceName=nullCollaboration: Team Building Activities for TeachersBy: Ellie and SamExample activitiesLifelinesDraw a long line to represent time for the past, present, and future.Have the teachers write dates on the line to represent lows, highs, significant events, and turning points in life.

Team building occurs over time and is a growing experience. A team, no matter the profession, will take time to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each member of the group. Over time the team will develop to producing results at higher levels of performance. Bingo GameTake a TourName Game